National Council of Georgia
The National Council of Georgia (
nationwide general elections
on February 14, 1919.
Formation
The National Council of Georgia (NCG) was elected at the National Congress of Georgia held in the State Treasury Theater in
Georgian Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party and the Menshevik Akaki Chkhenkeli was elected its chairman.[1]
Political role
The Georgian National Council did not initially achieve the influence that its counterparts enjoyed among the
SRs – until the formation of the Transcaucasian Commissariat in November 1917.[1]
On May 26, 1918, the NCG declared the independence of Georgia in the form of a democratic republic and assumed the role of the republic's legislature to which the provisional government of Georgia – chaired by
Karlo Chkheidze became its new chairman. Under its guidance, the general elections for the Constituent Assembly were prepared and organized in February 1919.[2][3]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-674-01902-4
- ^ Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1951), The Struggle for Transcaucasia, 1917-1921, pp. 119-121. The New York Philosophical Library
- ^ Lang, David Marshall (1962), A Modern History of Georgia, p. 209. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
External links
- Collection of documents adopted by the NCG. Regionalism Research Center
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